2026 KWELI INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

SHORT FILMS

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE


December 4, 2026 | “Black Pacific, Chinese Atlantic” | Tao Leigh Goffe

“Black Pacific, Chinese Atlantic”
Short Film by Tao Leigh Goffe
Screening + Moderated Conversation
Friday, December 4, 2026, 6:00pm - 8:00pm EST

An Afro-Chinese Jamaican cinematic odyssey, it follows my grandad’s errant itineraries between Asia and the Americas. In 1985, he traveled from Queens to Jamaica to Hong Kong to China to bring his father in law (my great grandfather) who was originally from Shenzhen back home after sixty years spent in the Caribbean.
Tao Leigh Goffe

KWELI INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL SHORT FILMS + TALKBACK ARE made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor KATHY HOCHUL and the New York State Legislature.